It Is Much More Rewarding To Do

I Decry The Current Tendency To Seek Patents On Algorithms. There Are Better Ways To Earn A Living Than To Prevent Other People From Making Use Of One's Contributions To Computer Science.

...methods Are More Important Than Facts. The Educational Value Of A Problem Given To A Student Depends Mostly On How Often The Thought Processes That Are Invoked To Solve It Will Be Helpful In Later Situations. It Has Little To Do With How Useful The Answer To The Problem May Be. On The Other Hand, A Good Problem Must Also Motivate The Students; They Should Be Interested In Seeing The Answer. Since Students Differ So Greatly, I Cannot Expect Everyone To Like The Problems That Please Me.

The Best Theory Is Inspired By Practice.

The Sun Comes Up Just About As Often As It Goes Down, In The Long Run, But This Doesn't Make Its Motion Random.

I Currently Use Ubuntu Linux, On A Standalone Laptop - It Has No Internet Connection. I Occasionally Carry Flash Memory Drives Between This Machine And The Macs That I Use For Network Surfing And Graphics; But I Trust My Family Jewels Only To Linux.